TEN  十

The NUMBER which is the successor of NINE.
Hypernym
  • NUMBERQUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.]
    • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED.
      • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for "ten" is shí 十.

2. In the meaning "ten parts" both shí 十 and shí 什 are used.

NB: In front of bèi 倍 one would expect shí 十, but shí bèi 什倍 is common and idiomatic.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 15

    1. Note that in the common idiom shi2 be4i 什倍 the graph shi2 什 is current, and this is inconsistent with the account in WL 15.

    2. WL 15 claims that shi2 什 is always a collective noun, but the word is common as a transitive verb as well as an adnoun.

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • n : 28
  • vadN : 16
  • vtoN : 7
  • vadV : 5
  • v[adN] : 2
  • vadN.adV : 1
  • v{NUM}1ad.v{NUM}2(adN) : 1
  • v[adV] : 1

Attributions by text

  • 管子 : 27
  • 孟子 : 4
  • 韓非子 : 4
  • 荀子 : 3
  • 孫子 : 3
  • 論衡 : 3
  • 史記 : 3
  • 阮籍集四卷 : 2
  • 禮記 : 2
  • 老子 : 2
  • 說苑 : 1
  • 搜神記 : 1
  • 劉義慶世說新語 : 1
  • 莊子 : 1
  • 淮南子 : 1
  • 鹽鐵論 : 1
  • 春秋穀梁傳 : 1
  • 鶡冠子 : 1

Words

什  shí OC: ɡjub MC: dʑip 49 AttributionsWD

In the meaning "ten parts" both shí 十 and shí 什 are used. NB: In front of bèi 倍 one would expect shí 十, but shí bèi 什倍 is common and idiomatic.

    Syntactic words
  • n(amout of) ten; unit of ten
  • narmya group of ten persons or items
  • nfamilygroup of ten families
  • ntenfoldthe tenfold
  • vadNten (times) 十倍 "ten times", note also GUAN 77.3.4 four times 二十倍 and 四什倍
  • vadVin groups of ten
  • vtoNgradedbe ten times superior to; be tenfold in relation to 相十
十  shí OC: ɡjub MC: dʑip 12 AttributionsWD

The standard word for "ten" is shí 十.

    Syntactic words
  • v[adN]ten units; ten parts (written also as 什)DS
  • v[adV]timessurpass by ten times; be ten times moreDS
  • vadNten NsDS
  • vadN.adVN=timeafter ten periods of time NDS
  • vadVaction-itemsten timesLZ
  • viten; any large number of
  • vtoNbe ten times as many as
  • v{NUM}1ad.v{NUM}2(adN)so and so many out of tenCH
成  chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • n(post-N)a tenth

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